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English dictionaries as sources for work in English historical linguistics: An overview
English dictionaries as sources for work in English historical linguistics: An overview

Author(s): John Considine
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: English language; dictionaries; lexicography; bibliography

Summary/Abstract: An overview of dictionaries of English as primary and secondary sources for the history of the English language, with notes on what can be learned from the study of early dictionaries, and on the development, present state, and possible future of scholarly historical lexicography in English.

  • Issue Year: 131/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-41
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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